Definition

1. Verb:
   • To confront, to cross-examine: The act of bringing two or more parties (e.g., a defendant and a witness) face-to-face in a legal or investigative setting to compare and clarify their testimonies or statements, often to uncover the truth or resolve contradictions.

Usage

• Primary Context (Legal/Investigative): Used almost exclusively in formal contexts such as court proceedings, police investigations, or official inquiries.
• Structure: The verb is often used with the preposition (with) to indicate the parties being confronted.
  • Cảnh sát cần đối chất hai nghi phạm. (The police need to confront the two suspects.)
  • Thẩm phán ra lệnh đối chất bị cáo với nhân chứng. (The judge ordered to confront the accused with the witness.)

Examples

• Legal Context:
  • Việc đối chất đã làm sáng tỏ nhiều mâu thuẫn trong lời khai. (The confrontation clarified many contradictions in the testimonies.)
  • Luật sư yêu cầu được đối chất thân chủ của mình với người tố cáo. (The lawyer requested to confront his client with the accuser.)

Advanced Usage

• "tiến hành đối chất": to conduct a confrontation.
  • Cơ quan điều tra đang tiến hành đối chất các bên liên quan. (The investigative agency is conducting a confrontation of the related parties.)
• "buổi đối chất": a confrontation session/hearing.
  • Buổi đối chất diễn ra rất căng thẳng. (The confrontation session was very tense.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự đối chất (Noun): The act or process of confrontation.
  • Sự đối chất là một phần quan trọng của quá trình tố tụng. (Confrontation is an important part of the legal process.)
• Đối chất trực tiếp: Direct confrontation (face-to-face).
• Đối chất qua video: Video-link confrontation.

Synonyms

• Chất vấn: To interrogate, to question (can be less direct than ).
• Đối mặt: To face (someone/something), more general and not specific to legal testimony.
• Đối thoại: To dialogue, to have a conversation (implies discussion, not necessarily confrontation).

Notes on Meaning

• Specificity: is a highly specific legal/investigative term. It is not used for casual arguments or everyday disagreements.
• Formality: This word belongs to formal, technical, and official vocabulary.

1. Confront
   • Đối chất bị cáo với người làm chứng
     To confront the accused with the witness